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Princeton's WordNet

  1. West Africanoun

    an area of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea

Wiktionary

  1. West Africanoun

    An area of west Africa, spanning 16 African countries.

ChatGPT

  1. west africa

    West Africa is a region on the African continent, located in the western part of Africa and bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. It comprises 16 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. This region is known for its diverse cultures, languages, and traditions. It has a mixed economic structure with a large number of rural populations largely dependent on subsistence farming, while the urban areas are rapidly developing with industry and infrastructure.

Wikidata

  1. West Africa

    West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost region of the African continent.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. West Africa

    name given to the region SW. of the Sahara, consisting of low lands with high lands behind, and through the valleys of which rivers flow down, and including Senegambia, Upper Guinea, and Lower Guinea, the coast of which is occupied by trading stations belonging to the French, the English, the Germans, the Belgians, and the Portuguese, and who are severally forcing their way into the inland territory connected with their several stations.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of West Africa in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of West Africa in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of West Africa in a Sentence

  1. Joao Oliveira:

    As for the reduction in bookings, I believe it is because those who are planning their vacations are now not even considering going to Africa because of West Africa Ebola.

  2. Danda Jaroljmek:

    It's less known than the art market in South Africa or West Africa. We've had much less exposure, prices are affordable and you know we are the new thing so people are interested in what's happening.

  3. Chief Business Officer Brooks Entwistle:

    We have talked about West Africa today as being a big growth priority for us and launch priority for us moving forward.

  4. Jeremy Farrar:

    This epidemic is in a truly frightening phase and shows no sign of stopping anytime soon, there are now more deaths than any other Ebola outbreak in history, bar the West Africa Epidemic of 2013-16, and there can be no doubt that the situation could escalate towards those terrible levels.

  5. President Barack Obama:

    Until we have snuffed out the last case of Ebola in West Africa, there’s always the prospect, the likelihood that it spreads and could end up coming back to the U.S..


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